Songs Every Child Should Know - online book
The Best Songs Of All Nations For Young People With Sheet Music & Lyrics.
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Songs That Every Child Should Know 167
I '11 not leave thee, thou lone one,
To pine on the stem; Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them; Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o'er the bed Where thy mates of the garden
Lie senseless and dead.
So soon may / follow,
When friendships decay, And from love's shining circle
The gems drop away! When true hearts lie wither'd,
And fond ones are flown, Oh ! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone? |
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Let The Toast Pass |
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The words doubtless came from Sheridan, and in all probability Sheridan's father-in-law, Thomas Linley, composed the music; but it would be difficult to establish the inference as a fact.
From Sheridan's Comedy of The School for Scandal. |
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